Tag: Gifts
Watch people discover their gifts
![Pastor talking to church member](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/laity_sunday_TOP.jpg)
Colleen Croxall invites us to lean into the theme of this year’s Laity Sunday by thinking of ways to encourage others to live out the gifts God has given them.
Gates had gifts and so do you
![Gates Brown's bat hits the ball](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Baseball-and-Bat-AdobeStock_45771834.jpg)
How did Gates Brown make it to the major leagues as a Detroit Tiger? Pastor Scott Sherrill tells the story.
Happy Birthday, Church!
![The Church celebrates Pentecost on May 23, 2021](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Pentecost-Mosaic-Holger-Schue-from-Pixabay.jpg)
This year the church celebrates Pentecost, the 50th day after Easter, on May 23. It’s a time to claim and live out the spiritual gifts God has given.
A lawyer with a gift
![Vorbrich volunteering at school](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Vorbrich-Volunteer-at-School-1.jpg)
At age five, he dressed up as a lawyer for career day. Today Andy Vorbrich dons his suit as an attorney in Kalamazoo and chancellor of The Michigan Conference.
AC 2020 is a time for giving
![Hands giving](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Black-hands-with-heart-960-AdobeStock_292425046.jpg)
Haitian Assets for Peace International, the Bishop Judith Craig Children’s Village, and Michigan Disaster Response are the 2020 recipients of Annual Conference giving.
Rural parishes are a gift
![Growing in rural countryside](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Rural-Sunflower-960-Pixabay-Mircea-Plosner.jpg)
Allen Stanton says, “Rural churches are places where people ask serious questions, explore their faith and seek to live it out in meaningful ways.”
Acting as the Body of Christ
![Free pizza delivery nourishing body and spirit.](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cass-Comm-Pizza.jpg)
Laura Witkowski, celebrates the way churches are adapting creatively to the challenges of the pandemic and calls for strengthening connection as the Body of Christ.
Liberia hit by COVID-19 and hunger
![Liberia anti-COVID-19 training](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Liberia-appeal-May-2020.jpg)
Michigan’s covenant partners in Liberia have undertaken an Anti-COVID-19 campaign. Assistance is needed in their efforts to raise awareness, distribute supplies, and provide food.
UMCOR Sunday? Why support it?
![UMCOR on scene of Tennessee Tornado damage to church](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Tennessee-Tornado-3.jpg)
At least 25 are dead after tornadoes struck mid-Tennessee Monday night, March 2. UMCOR is funding relief efforts in partnership with the annual conference leadership.
Your gifts made a difference!
![Pastor Horne thanks you for your gifts](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/South-Flint-Soup-Kitchen5.jpg)
The EngageMI Fundraising Challenge raised $30,119 from 309 donors in three weeks. An additional $13,000 in prizes were awarded. Thank you for your gifts!